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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Which is by design. It's why to GOP is going after mail in votes and why polling places have been disappearing. It's why election day will never be a holiday. They want in to suck to vote. They want you in line for hours without food or water.. They want you to have to arrange time off of work to do so. They purge voter rolls. Etc.. Etc.

It's easy to blame individuals for systemic problems and call it a day, but you lose out on some nuance at best and some major issues in reality.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

and also rig the machines, multiple times russians, musk has been hacking the voting machines they have used.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

That explains some people not voting. It doesn't explain a full third.

Some people are just fucking lazy and they need to be shamed for it. We should attempt to fix all the issues.